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INTERNATIONAL prop Adam Blair is expected to make his debut in an NRMA Insurance Broncos’ jersey this weekend in Mackay.

The Broncos will name a strong squad to turn out against the North Queensland Cowboys in Mackay on Saturday night.

It will be the only chance Broncos have to play a trial match against an NRL club, with players lining up to be part of the game and start their 2015 season.

The only certainties not to be picked are the Broncos’ All Stars representatives and those that are unavailable to play because of injury.

That means the Broncos’ six who underwent shoulder reconstructions in the off-season – Jack Reed, Matt Gillett, David Stagg, Corey Oates, Jarrod Wallace and Dale Copley – will be missing.

Darius Boyd continues his return from an Achilles’ tendon injury.

And All Stars representatives Corey Parker, Justin Hodges and Sam Thaiday, who will play the following Friday on the Gold Coast, will be rested.

So Kiwi representative Blair is likely to be one of several new Broncos who could play against the Cowboys in Mackay.

Anthony Milford, who stepped out in a Brisbane jersey for the first time at the Auckland Nines last weekend, ex-Raider Travis Waddell, and former storm forward Mitch Garbutt will also come into calculations.

The team for the match will be selected tomorrow and announced exclusively on www.broncos.com.au.